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Abraham, Stieglitz victorious in Germany

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:46:00 +0300

In�his first bout following his disastrous Super Six tournament performance, former world champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 26�KOs) scored a�fifth round�KO over Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias (19-2, 11�KOs) in�a�clash for the WBO European super middleweight title on�Saturday night at�the Baden Arena in�Offenburg, Germany. After a�slow four rounds, Abraham opened up�in�the fifth and dropped Farias three times to�end�it

Dimtrenko vs Sprott To Go Forward on September 24

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:56:00 +0300

Universum has never made any officially announcement that EBU heavyweight champ Aleksander Dimitrenko (31-1, 21KOs) will defend the title against Michael Sprott (36-16, 17KOs) on�August�20. However, that is�the date communicated to�the EBU, but now the Dimitrenko vs�Sprott showdown will go�ahead on�September 24�in�Hamburg

JC Gomez out of Prizefighter

Tue, 03 May 2011 15:32:00 +0300

Heavyweight contender Juan Carlos Gomez has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s Prizefighter International Heavyweights tournament in London due to visa issues. He will be be replaced by Lucian Bot. It was also announced that Kerston ‘Warrior’ Manswell will replace Fres Oquendo

Sprott eyes big titles

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:25:00 +0300

It was a huge night for the Reading fighter as he put two previous defeats to Skelton and a European title defeat to Audley Harrison behind him to move his name up towards the top of the queue of British heavyweight fighters

Alexander Dimitrenko: "I Will Beat Audley Harrison"

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:51:00 +0300

The official challenger to the European heavyweight title, Alexander Dimitrenko, is already calling for his shot at the new champion, Audley Harrison. Dimitrenko (29-1, 19KOs) watched on the internet as Harrison (27-4, 20 KOs) knocked out Michael Sprott (32-15, 17 KOs) in the twelfth round to win the vacant Euro title at Alexandra Palace in London. "I followed the fight live on the internet and I have to say that it was a very good fight. Both of them gave it their all

Collazo vs Aydin in May; Ustinov, Sprott on Klitschko Card

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:24:00 +0300

Arena Box Promotion plan to stage Selcuk Aydin against Luis Collazo for the WBC interim welterweight title at the end of May in Istanbul, Turkey. Arena won the purse bids last week with a bid for $210,000 USD

Kubrat Pulev Stays Busy; Pianeta on Huck-Richards, More

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:59:00 +0300

Bulgarian heavyweight Kubrat Pulev, 5-0, already has some good wins on his record such as the knockout over veteran Matt Skelton last time out. However, in order to get rated by the EBU you need a minimum of eight fights. Pulev will thus fight in Liege, Belgium, next weekend, in Berlin March 13 and again in April

Ustinov decisions Sprott!

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:51:00 +0300

Belarus heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (16-0-0, 13 ��s) of �K2 East Promotions� won a hard-fought slugfest in a ten-rounder against British fighter Michael Sprott (31-14-0, 16 ��s). All three judges gave Ustinov a unanimous nod

Ustinov vs. Sprott: weigh-in

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:47:00 +0300

Heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (15-0-0, 13 ��s) who fights for �K2 East Promotions� and his rival famous British fighter Michael Sprott (31-13-0, 16 ��s) stepped on the scales. Ustinov marked 307.8 pounds while his rival Sprott made 237

Ustinov faces Sprott on the undercard of Klitschko vs. Chagaev clash

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:50:00 +0300

Heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (15-0-0, 13 ��s) who fights for �K2 East Promotions� will step into the ring on June 20th in Gelsenkirchen, Germany to collide against famous British fighter Michael Sprott (31-13-0, 16 ��s). They will clash on the undercard of Wladimir Klitschko � Ruslan Chagaev fight on Veltins Arena, Schalke 04, German football club stadium which has a capacity of 75,000 spectators

Sprott Hired as Wladimir Klitschko's Sparring Partner

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:28:00 +0300

Perennial British heavyweight contender Michael Sprott has recently been brought in as a sparring partner for IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Sprott arrived in Kitzbuhel, Austria a few days ago and he has joined the final stages of the Klitschko training camp at the Hotel Stanglwirt

Abraham retains IBF title!

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:18:00 +0300

IBF middleweight champion �King� Arthur Abraham (29-0, 23 KOs) overcame a strong challenge from previously unbeaten Lajuan Simon (21-1, 12 KOs) to retain his title for the ninth time on Saturday night at the Sparkassen Arena in Kiel, Germany. After his normal start in which he blocked many punches with his peek-a-boo defense, Abraham opened up in round five landing a sustained barrage of hard shots.

Sauerland inks Brewster!

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:14:00 +0300

Former WBO heavyweight and current NABA heavyweight champion �Relentless� Lamon Brewster has signed a deal with German-based promotional outfit Sauerland Event. Brewster (34-4, 30 KOs) will fight in the co-featured slot of IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham�s world title defense against Lajuan Simon on March 14 at the Ostseehalle in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. His opponent will be former British

Moreno dethrones Sidorenko!

Sat, 31 May 2008 23:22:00 +0300

Anselmo Moreno (22-1-1, 8 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko (21-1-2, 7 KOs) via unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Burg-Wächter Castello in Düsseldorf, Germany. It was a technical fight with the much taller Moreno prevailing by scores of 116-113, 116-112 and 116-112. Sidorenko's world title reign ended in his seventh defense

Sprott pulls out of Skelton Fight

Tue, 22 May 2007 15:43:00 +0300

Michael Sprott has been forced to pull out of Saturday�s(May 26) Commonwealth heavyweight title fight with Matt Skelton at the ExCel Centre in London, due to a knee injury. Sprott�s trainer Jim Evans has confirmed to SecondsOut that the 32 year-old broke down in training on three separate occasions last week

Katsidis wins WBO title!

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:46:00 +0300

Unbeaten lightweight Michael Katsidis (22-0, 20 KOs) scored an impressive four round stoppage of Graham Earl (25-2, 12 KOs) to claim the WBO interim world title on Saturday night at Wembley Arena in London. Both boxers went right at each other early and Katsidis quickly got the better of it, dropping Earl twice in round one and again in round two. Katsidis was briefly down himself in round two, but quickly recovered and continued

Audley: I'll be back!

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:03:00 +0300

Depite losing in three of his last four bouts, heavyweight Audley Harrison has vowed to return. "I'll be back and hopefully I will have a chance to rectify it with Michael Sprott straight away," said Harrison after his devastating knockout loss to Sprott on Saturday. Promoter Frank Warren, however, is not optimistic about the 2000 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist's future as a fighter. "If he decides to fight

Skelton: I'm number one!

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:41:00 +0300

Commonwealth heavyweight champion Matt Skelton is backing Audley Harrison to beat Michael Sprott - but has warned his big British rival he's still number one. Harrison tackles Sprott tomorrow night at Wembley Arena, with the English and EU heavyweight titles on the line. And with the winner pencilled in to fight Skelton in May, the Bedford Bear will be ringside to make sure his rivals don't steal a march on him. "I hold the Commonwealth

Sprott angered by Virches decision

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:19:00 +0300

All three judges Andre Van Grootenbruel 115-113,Joachim Jacobsen 115-113 and Arthur Ellensohn 116-113 scored for the undefeated Virches even though many ringside observers saw Sprott a handy winner by at least the same margin as the judges had him losing. When the officiall result was read out by the MC the Austrian crowd booed the decision

Virchis-Sprott weigh-in!

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:07:00 +0300

Heavyweight Vladimir Virchis 242.5 outweighed Michael Sprott 232.8 prior to their clash tomorrow evening at Freizeit Arena in Soelden, Austria. The unbeaten Virchis, 19-0 (17), of the Ukraine will defend his WBO intercontinental title against Englishman Sprott, 27-8 (14), live on Eurosport at 19:00 CET. The event is promoted by Spotlight Boxing and includes nine fights. The weigh-in took place today at Medical Center